Memphis
/ˈmemfɪs/1
- an ancient city of Egypt, whose ruins are situated on the Nile about 15 km (nearly 10 miles) south of Cairo. It is thought to have been founded as the capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt c.3100 BC and is the site of the pyramids of Saqqara and Giza and the Sphinx.孟斐斯（埃及古城, 遗址在尼罗河畔, 开罗以南约15公里［约10英里］处; 一般认为约建于公元前3100年, 为埃及古王国都城, 建有塞加拉金字塔、吉萨金字塔和狮身人面像）。
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- a river port on the Mississippi in the extreme south-west of Tennessee; pop.669,651 (est. 2008). Founded in 1819, it was the home in the late 19th century of blues music, the scene in 1968 of the assassination of Martin Luther King, and the childhood home and burial place of Elvis Presley.孟菲斯（密西西比河河港, 位于田纳西州最西南端, 2008年估计人口669,651; 建于1819年, 布鲁斯歌曲于19世纪晚期发源于此, 马丁·路德·金1968年在此地被暗杀, 埃尔维斯·普雷斯利在此度过童年, 后亦在此安葬）。